A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Mountain$1,620/mo

Typical home $268K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.96% · or rent about $1,566/mo · Housing →

Doty$1,560/mo

Typical home $254K (Census) · tax rate 1.07% · Housing →

The difference: $70 a month, about $800 a year, between Mountain and Doty.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

MountainDoty

Snow a year57″55″

January low5°F —

July high79°F —

Growing season (days)139d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 22nd

Outdoors & history

MountainDoty

Trails87 mi 90 mi

Conserved land76.8%71.9%

Settled—1922

National Register places3 —

Archive photos6 —

Community

MountainDoty

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Wisconsin average

MountainDoty

People

Population 923Highest 298Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.2% WI: +3.6% —

Median age 60.5±3.7Lowest 50% above WI 66.3±1.6Highest 65% above WI

Kids under 18 11.8%±6.4Highest WI: 21.4% 1.7%±7.7Lowest WI: 21.4%

Mountain and Doty are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 33.9%±9.9Lowest WI: 18.5% 57.7%±4Highest WI: 18.5%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.4%Lowest WI: 33.4% 25.6%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±1.8Highest WI: 5.8% 1.7%±1.9Lowest WI: 5.8%

Mountain and Doty are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $50,104±$9kLowest 35% below WI $64,688±$18kHighest 17% below WI

Doty and Mountain are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $205,400±$39kLowest 23% below WI $253,800±$53kHighest 5% below WI

Doty and Mountain are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,566±$1k 44% above WI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,968Lowest 48% below WI $2,703Highest 29% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 63.6%±64.1Highest WI: 43.7% 0%±100Lowest WI: 43.7%

Mountain and Doty are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 14.6%Highest WI: 10.6% 9.1%Lowest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 92%Lowest WI: 67.8% 97.6%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Lowest 4 yrs newer than WI 1985Highest 10 yrs newer than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 23% above WI 37 minHighest 65% above WI

Work from home 18%±9.7Lowest WI: 13.1% 30.3%±35.9Highest WI: 13.1%

Doty and Mountain are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 2.2%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 40.3 miLowest 46.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.30Highest 0.16Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Green Bay (7%)Lakewood (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DotyFew work in Mountain

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 76.8%Highest 71.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 86.7 miLowest 89.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.2 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.4Highest 2.1Lowest

Wisconsin average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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